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After a bit of a forced break I am finally back to this run and boy did I forget how unfun grinding is in this game. The wild pokemon on land are super low level, the water routes are super slow and confusing to navigate and the phone rematches are super inconvenient.
Not having a flyer is pain, I don't want to have to traverse that one way loop between Mauville and Lilycove ever again. Its like those routes where designed to be as inconvenient as possible with all the random rocks, narrow paths and tall grass. The bike is pretty much useless in that part of the map.
Even making it to the Victory Road felt like a chore. Admittedly, that was definitely my fault for being an idiot and using the Pokenav instead of looking it up online, but for some reason I kept getting lost around Sootopolis and bouncing between Lilycove and Pacifidlog. Manectric kept getting trapped and poisoned by wild Tentacool, forcing me to go back to heal before I could ever figure out where I was. Then, like an idiot, I kept fighting the Tentacool and went above the Wally level cap, meaning I could not use Manectric in the fight which ultimately lead to Ur dying to a Future Sight. It really sucks because I was looking forward to using Ur against Sidney and now I have to teach Flash to someone else.
I really hope no one dies in Victory Road and the trainers there are enough to bump me into the E4 level cap because I don't want to have to train anyone else.
